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Kolon Korea Open returns to Asian Tour schedule this June 23-26

The Kolon Korea Open Golf Championship, one of the region’s oldest national Opens, will return to the Asian Tour this year following a three-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 64th edition of the tournament will be played at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club from June 23-26 as  the 10th leg of this season’s Asian Tour and the second visit of the year to Korea, after next week’s 41st GS Caltex Maekyung Open at Namseoul Country Club.

“The Korea Open is one of our mainstay events and always a high point of the year,” said Cho Minn Thant, commissioner & CEO of the Asian Tour. “With the Korea Open back on the schedule it shows the Asian Tour is returning to full speed and along with next week’s GS Caltex Maekyung Open means our membership are able to return to one of their favourite tournament destinations.”

Korea’s national Open was held last year and won by Korean Junseok Lee but it was played as a domestic event on the Korean PGA Tour, due to travel restrictions for foreigners, while the year before it was cancelled.

The last Asian Tour-sanctioned edition in 2019 was famously by Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond during his epic season when he won four times, claiming the Order of Merit title for the first time.

Jazz's name was inscribed on a trophy awash with great names such as Sergio Garcia (2002), John Daly (2003), Vijay Singh (2007) and Ricky Fowler (2011). Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy has the distinction of finishing runner-up in 2011 and 2013.

Thongchai Jaidee’s first ever win on the Asian Tour came at the event in 2000 while many of Korea’s most prominent players have added the trophy to their silverware displays including KJ Choi (1996 and 1999), YE Yang (2006 and 2010) and Sangmoon Bae (2008 and 2009). F ew can forget the performance of Korean Daesub Kim who was victorious on three occasions - in 1998 and 2001 when he was still an amateur and in 2012 as a professional.

This year will mark the 18th successive time the tournament has been staged at Woo Jeung Hills, which is located south of Seoul. Prizemoney for the event will be announced shortly.

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The 2022 Kolon Korea Open purse is set for KRW 1,350,000,000 ($1 million), with the winner's share coming in at $180,000 -- the standard 18 percent payout according to the Asian Tour's prize money distribution chart .

The Kolon Korea Open field is headed by Shiv Kapur, Paul Peterson, Jeev Milkha Singh and more of the world's best players.

The 144-player field is an event on the 2022 Asian Tour schedule, which is now on to its fourth event of the campaign.

A cut is made after 36 holes to the top 65 players and ties for the final two rounds of the tournament. All players who finish four rounds of the tournament will earn money.

The event is played this year at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club in South Korea.

What else is on the line: FedEx Cup points, OWGR points, exemptions

Beyond money, there are important points, perks and benefits on the line for the field -- in particular, the tournament winner.

The winner of this event will get add to their Order of Merit tally, which is crucial for access to tournaments and bonuses.

The winner gets 12 Official World Golf Ranking points, with the points available based on field strength.

Winning comes with other big benefits, including a two-plus season exemption on the Asian Tour.

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The Aramco Team Series presented by Public Investment Fund will make its debut in Korea on Friday at the New Korea Country Club in Goyang, Gyeonggi with LPGA golfer Kim Hyo-joo joining the 144-field.

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Established in 2020, the Aramco Team Series is a Ladies European Tour (LET) event taking place multiple times in different locations around the world every year. Korea is the second stop this year, after Florida in March.  

This year marks the first time the tournament has visited Korea and also the first time that any LET event has been held in the country. For this year’s series, Golf Saudi has partnered with Korea's Kolon Group, which has hosted KPGA tournament Kolon Korea Open for 34 years.  

The three-day Aramco Series consist of two events: A two-day 36-hole stroke play team event in which each team or four compete for the team title and a three-day 54-hole stroke play individual event in which only pro golfers participate.  

The two events are one and the same for the first two days, with the 108 pro golfers playing alongside 36 amateur golfers in the team event, and the pro golfers individual scores simultaneously being counted for the individual pro event.

The team event will see 36 teams, each consisting of three professional golfers and one amateur, compete for the team trophy. Team captains are selected based on the official Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings. In a random order, the captains select a golfer to join their teams, before each team randomly receives one more pro and an amateur.

The 36 captains have been selected, but the teams are still to be determined as of press time Wednesday.  

The team event will follow the “two-from-four” format, where the two best scores on each hole are combined and used as the team’s score. The team with the fewest stroke wins the team event. This will allow an amateur golfer to impact the team’s score, as her score could be used if it is higher than a pro’s.

At the close of play on Saturday, the team event will end and the pro field will be to cut to 60 and ties based on individual scores up to that point. 

The final 18 holes of the individual 54-hole stroke play event will then be played on Sunday to decide the individual title winner.

Kim, No. 12 on the rankings, joins the field after competing on the 2024 LPGA for over two months during which she managed two top-10 finishes. She has yet to win a title, however, having last secured silverware at the Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America in October last year.  

“I’ve heard from those on the Tour how special Aramco Team Series events are and how their levels are similar to LPGA majors,” Kim said in a press release. “I decided to compete in the event as soon as I heard that it would take place in Korea for the first time.

“The unique format for the tournament excites me. I’ve never competed in a tournament like this, and I will do my best to show the gallery a high-level performance as I compete alongside fellow LPGA golfers on Korean soil.”  

No Korean golfer has won the individual title at an Aramco Team Series event before, but world No. 5 Ko Jin-young finished as runner-up at the 2023 Hong Kong tournament.  

She lost the title to Lin Xiyu from China after a playoff. Ko is not competing this year, but fellow LPGA golfers will be in the field, including Danielle Kang from the United States.  

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“I’m thrilled to be participating in the Aramco Team Series in Korea,” Kang said. “I absolutely love the team aspect of this series and can’t wait to play alongside great field of golfers from both the LPGA and LET. I am very thankful for this opportunity and excited to compete in Korea.”

Kang, 31, is a veteran golfer who has competed on the LPGA Tour since 2012, winning six titles, including a major at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in 2017.  

She has not lifted a trophy on the Tour since winning the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in 2022. She joins the Aramco Series with a relatively unimpressive performance on the Tour this season, having failed to make the cut in three of the seven events. 

Her best finish was joint 20th at the Honda LPGA Thailand in February.  

Kang has prior experience in the Aramco Series, though, as she competed at the 2023 Singapore event, where she finished as runner-up in the individual event after falling four strokes behind Pauline Roussin from France.  

England's Charley Hull, ranked at world No. 7 as of April 29 — when the Aramco Series decided the team captains based on the rankings — is also participating after winning the individual title of the Aramco series in New York in 2021 and managing two runner-up finishes in the team events in July 2023 and March this year.  

Charley Hull hits her shot from the second tee during the first round of The Chevron Championship at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas on April 18. [AFP/YONHAP]

Hull has yet to win a title on the LPGA Tour this season, but she has managed two top-10 finishes and tied for 13th at the JM Eagle LA Championship last month.  

Kim, Kang and Hull will compete against each other in the team series, as were all selected as captains.  

The Aramco Series also offers the viewing public a rare glimpse into the New Korea Country Club which has operated as an exclusively and highly sought after members’ club for its 38 years of existence. The course offers some mountain views, which are especially notable on the par-4 10th hole.

The course is located only a half-hour drive from western Seoul, making it relatively accessible for many golf fans from the capital and satellite cities of Seoul in northern Gyeonggi.  

As well as the golfers on the course, the gallery can also enjoy a bit of virtual reality golf at the Aramco Energy Zone during the tournament. The fan zone, meanwhile, will have beverages and food for spectators.  

Three more Aramco Series tournaments are scheduled this year, with the series heading to England in July, a yet-to-be confirmed location in Asia in October and Saudi Arabia in November.

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England's Kim, 16, youngest to make PGA Tour cut in 11 years

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Kris Kim , a 16-year-old English amateur playing on a sponsor exemption at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, became the youngest player in 11 years to make the cut in a PGA Tour event.

Kim finished his second round Friday with a birdie for a 4-under 67. At 7-under 135, he was among 66 players who made the cut, which was 6 under. Jake Knapp was the leader at 14-under 128.

Guan Tianlang was 14 when he made the cut at both the Masters and Zurich Classic of New Orleans in 2013, according to ESPN Stats & Information.

At 16 years, 7 months old, Kim is the fifth-youngest player ever to make a PGA Tour cut, according to the Tour. His feat also comes just two weeks after Miles Russell, 15, became the youngest to make the cut in the 35-year history of the Korn Ferry Tour.

Kim, who is the son of former LPGA Tour player and South Korea native Ji-Hyun Suh, is making his PGA Tour debut. He is the first amateur sponsored by South Korean company CJ Group, which is the title sponsor of the Nelson for the first time.

"I'm happy," Kim said. "I can't wait to get started again tomorrow. I've enjoyed it so much the last couple days, and being here two more days makes it so much sweeter."

A first-time Tour winner earlier this year, Knapp enters the weekend with sole possession of the lead after a second consecutive 7-under 64 in McKinney, Texas. He was a stroke ahead of Troy Merritt (62) and first-round leader Matt Wallace (66) and 2 ahead of Kelly Kraft (66).

"Even when I was doing any of that stuff, I always knew this was what I wanted to do and felt like it's where I should be. Just wasn't there yet," said Knapp, just more than two years removed from working security at a restaurant in his hometown that was also a late-night hotspot. "Just kept working away and sticking at it."

Merritt closed his season-low round with an eagle at the 531-yard ninth hole, where he hit his approach to 16 feet and made the putt. He had birdied four of the previous six holes.

Wallace finished on the same par 5 later in the day and saved par after driving into a native area and then chunking a shot from there to under a bridge.

Hometown favorite Jordan Spieth , the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 20, shot a 70 to finish at 4-under 138 and miss the cut by 2 strokes. On the 16th, his wayward drive ricocheted off the elbow of a male spectator back into the fairway. Spieth still bogeyed the hole then parred his last two.

Defending champion Jason Day closed his round with a 35-foot par putt for a 70 and was just on the cut line at 6-under 136.

Knapp's only bogey through the first two rounds was on his 12th hole Friday, the dogleg No. 3, where his drive went into the left rough. But he birdied four of his last six holes, that stretch starting with a 32-foot putt at the par-3, 192-yard fourth hole.

"Obviously, a putt you're not trying to make," he said. "Hit it a little bit harder than I would've liked and luckily it was on a good line and went in."

Knapp, who turns 30 on May 31, lost his card on the developmental Korn Ferry Tour before taking the part-time job in the fall of 2021 at the place in Costa Mesa, California, where for nearly nine months he worked Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights -- often until 2 or 3 a.m. The former UCLA player would practice and go to the gym in between his work shifts.

He got his third win on PGA Tour Canada in August 2022 and last year earned his PGA Tour card by finishing the season 13th on the Korn Ferry Tour. He won the Mexico Open in his fifth start this season, and his ninth overall, including two as an amateur in 2015.

His PGA Tour biography also touts that he can solve a Rubik's Cube, loves to work out and would pursue a career in the fitness industry if he weren't playing golf.

"Yeah, few interesting ones about me," Knapp said. "I do my best to, I'm kind of a golf-only guy. Just play a lot of golf and practice a lot. That's been my focus for the last four, five years."

At TPC Craig Ranch north of Dallas, Knapp hit 16 of 18 greens each of the first two rounds. He had the same number of putts (28) both days, though the combined distance of those shots on the greens went from 75 feet on Thursday to 139 feet on Friday.

"For the most part hitting it pretty solid and keeping in the right areas. Made it relatively easy on myself." Knapp said. "Early on in the year felt like I was putting well, and for the last month or so the stroke felt the same and ball wasn't going in the hole. ... Nice to see a few more going in."

Merritt opened his round with consecutive birdies before a three-putt bogey at No. 12, though he got that stroke right back with a 52-foot chip-in at No. 13. He made only his second cut in his past six tournaments, finishing 67th in the other one.

"It's fantastic, especially when you hit the ball solid and making a lot putts," said Merritt, who is in his 331st PGA Tour event and last won in 2018. "You're not accidentally there. You've actually played well to get there. I haven't done that. I've accidently backdoored a couple top-10s last fall."

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Korean stars look to shine in 'home game' at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson

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Seoul may be thousands of miles away from Dallas, but this week’s THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch will feel very much like a home game for the likes of K.H. Lee, Si Woo Kim and Sungjae Im who are fired up to deliver a first PGA TOUR victory of the season for Korean golf.

A total of seven Korean players will tee up in the $9.5-million PGA TOUR showpiece which sees Korean conglomerate, CJ Group, evolving as title sponsor of the legendary 52-time TOUR winner Byron Nelson's legacy tournament.

For Lee, a return to TPC Craig Ranch for THE CJ CUP provides a double dose of confidence as he won the tournament back-to-back in 2021-22.

“I feel very good," Lee said. "I always have good memories of this course, so it makes me feel comfortable and confident. I'm excited and grateful (THE CJ CUP) is being held at the course where I've performed well. It makes me want to do better."

Following a runner-up finish to Australia’s Jason Day in last year’s tournament, Si Woo Kim will be looking to go one step better in hopes of landing a fifth career PGA TOUR victory. The 28-year-old has been in solid form all season where he has not missed a cut in 11 starts, with one top-10 and six top-25s.

“I'm in good shape because I took last week off," said Kim. "I'm happy to be able to play in THE CJ CUP (Byron Nelson). I haven't always played well on this golf course, but it's nice to finish on a good note with a runner-up finish last year. This year, I will try to build on last year's performance."

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After failing to qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs for the first time in five seasons, Lee feels his game is trending upwards again, with two top-10s to show for so far this year. With a second baby daughter arriving recently, the 32-year-old is confident for better days ahead where he hopes to join Sam Snead as a three-time winner of the tournament this week.

“A little struggle last year, but I think getting better every week this year, so hopefully this week tee to green and putting, everything good and matchup,” Lee said. “So hopefully a good week for me. When I’m here, putting is always good, and then I tee off, tee box, every hole is comfortable for me.”

The other Korean stars vying for a “home” victory at TPC Craig Ranch include Byeong Hun An, who is also sponsored by CJ and currently the highest-ranked Korean at ninth place on the FedExCup points list, world No. 23 Tom Kim, S.H. Kim, and Sung Kang.

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